17 But Joshua tell da Joseph ohana guys—dass da Efraim an Manasseh ohana guys—“You guys get plenny peopo. Dass why you guys strong. You guys goin get mo den jus land.
An he da angel messenja guy dat get me outa all kine trouble. Eh God! Do good kine stuff fo dese boys! Dey goin carry my name, An my faddah guys name too, Abraham an Isaac! Make um come big an plenny peopo, hea inside dis world!”
Da Joseph peopo tell him, “Da up country land still yet not enuff fo us guys. But all da Canaan peopo dat live inside da flat valleys get iron war wagons. Dass all da guys inside Bet-Shean an da small towns aroun dea, an da Canaan guys inside da Jezreel Valley.”
You goin get da up country fo yoa property, wit plenny trees too. Cut down da trees, an da whole land goin come yoas. No matta da Canaan peopo get iron war wagons an dey strong, you guys can make dem go way from dea.”
Had one man, Elkanah. His house stay Ramah town, dass up country Efraim side, you know. Jeroham his faddah, an Elihu his granfaddah, Tohu his great granfaddah, an dey get Zuf dat wen live Efraim side fo dea ancesta.